i'm swimming in the chesapeake bay swim in about a month, and know most people will be wearing wetsuits. i don't have a wetsuit, and i don't want a wetsuit, but i don't want to be pulled out of the race 3 miles in, shivering, miserable, and maybe hypothermic. i'm planning to do some training swims in the 3 weekends i have left - and in new york, where it's a good bit colder. the coldest swim i've done (last fall) was 53 for 19 minutes without any pre-training. any advice would be appreciated...
i expect to do the swim in about 2.5 hours.
MAC,
Yes, you can swim at Sandy Point. There is a tri team that does some weekend practices there in May but I do not know any details. The negative thing about trying to practice there is that they will charge you to get into the park and you are limited to the swim area. (You could always just blow them off)
I swim from a friends dock on the Severn, between the Route 50 and Route 450 bridges. A circuit is 2.5 miles. If you stay about 100 yards off the docks, boats won't be a factor.
I just swam this afternoon over near you in Frederick, in Lake Linganore. Not sure how far I went, but swam for 1:25. Still pretty cold. A friend had a parking pass and we left from one of the boat launches.
Check out these routes at
www.mapmyrun.com/search
Look at the Alden Lane and Coach Ron routes.
Best of luck to everybody at GCBS. 3 weeks to go.
My God. Lake Linganore is pretty stagnant. I'll take the Severn anyday or the Potomac. Now with all of the rain the middle of the Bay will be in the 60s for sure. It is cold out there.
MAC,
Yes, you can swim at Sandy Point. There is a tri team that does some weekend practices there in May but I do not know any details. The negative thing about trying to practice there is that they will charge you to get into the park and you are limited to the swim area. (You could always just blow them off)
I swim from a friends dock on the Severn, between the Route 50 and Route 450 bridges. A circuit is 2.5 miles. If you stay about 100 yards off the docks, boats won't be a factor.
I just swam this afternoon over near you in Frederick, in Lake Linganore. Not sure how far I went, but swam for 1:25. Still pretty cold. A friend had a parking pass and we left from one of the boat launches.
Check out these routes at
www.mapmyrun.com/search
Look at the Alden Lane and Coach Ron routes.
Best of luck to everybody at GCBS. 3 weeks to go.
My God. Lake Linganore is pretty stagnant. I'll take the Severn anyday or the Potomac. Now with all of the rain the middle of the Bay will be in the 60s for sure. It is cold out there.
